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Author:

Katz, William Loren.

Title:

Breaking the chains : African-American slave resistance / William Loren Katz.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Maxwell Macmillan International Pub. Group,

Copyright Date:

1990

Description:

xiii, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slave insurrections--United States--Juvenile literature.
Southern States--History--1775-1865--Juvenile literature.
United States--African Americans--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--Juvenile literature.
United States--Participation, African American--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American--Juvenile literature.
Slavery.
Slave insurrections.
United States--African Americans.--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.

Summary:

Describes slavery in the United States, the harsh conditions under which slaves lived, the active and passive resistance with which they fought for their rights, the revolts, and the involvement of slaves in the Civil War.

ISBN:

9780689314933
0689314930

LCCN:

89036355

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

63SX755 -- MMCRU-Remsen PreK-8 (Remsen)

52SX737 -- Shenandoah High School (Shenandoah)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

BZPC851 -- Slater Public Library (Slater)

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)

58SX745 -- West Bend-Mallard High School (West Bend)

41SX706 -- West Liberty High School Library (West Liberty)